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πέρα_ (A), Adv.
II. of Time, longer, “οὐκέτι π. ἐπολιόρκησανX.An.6.1.28 : with Art., “τὸ π. καθεύδειν τοῦ πρέποντοςAeschin.Socr.52.
III. freq. metaph., beyond measure, extravagantly, π. λέξαι, φράσαι, S.El.633, Ph.332, cf. E.Hipp. 1033 ; “Ζεύς . . με λυπήσει πέραAr.Av.1246 ; “π. ματεύεινS.OC211 (lyr.); “μέλεα καὶ π. παθεῖνE.El.1187 (lyr.); “οἵ τοι π. στέρξαντες οἵδε καὶ π. μισοῦσινTrag.Adesp.78 ; τὸ π. Arr.Fr.123J.; but π. is f.l. in S.OC1745 (lyr.).
b. abs., more, further, οὐδὲν ἐρρήθη π. E.IT91 ; ἄπιστα καὶ π. κλύων things incredible, and more than that, Ar.Av. 417 ; πᾶν τολμήσασα καὶ π. S.Fr.189.
3. as Comp., folld. by , Id.OC651, Ph.1277.
IV. above, higher than, τῶν ἐμῶν ἐχθρῶν μ᾽ ἔνερθεν ὄντ᾽ ἀνέστησας π. ib.666 ; π. ἀνθρώπου, π. τέχνης, Philostr. Her.18.1, 19.4.—In all senses πέρα may stand either before or after the gen., but commonly before.—Comp. περαίτερος, α, ον, Adv. περαίτερον and -τέρω (qq. v.); cf. sq.
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